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Arunachal scribes condemn TN Assembly action
Itanagar, Nov 10: The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) and the Itanagar Press Club (IPC) today condemned the Tamil Nadu Assembly`s decision against the senior journalists of `The Hindu` calling it a `insult` to free-thinking Indians.
Itanagar, Nov 10: The Arunachal Pradesh Union of
Working Journalists (APUWJ) and the Itanagar Press Club (IPC)
today condemned the Tamil Nadu Assembly's decision against
the senior journalists of 'The Hindu' calling it a "insult" to
free-thinking Indians.
In a joint letter to the president of the Indian
Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) today, it said the
media had always been a target of threat and intimidation from
many quarters.
In the northeast, working journalists and their offices
are exposed to great risk and threat to life in the discharge
of their professional duty. Nevertheless, the media in India
stood as a symbol of freedom of expression and speech and
freedom from fear.
In this instance, the APUWJ and IPC extended its support
to organisations of journalists in Tamil Nadu and fraternal
organizations across the country who were protesting the Tamil
Nadu Assembly decision.
Atrocities and attacks on the media were tantamount to an
attack not only on journalists but to the democratic polity
of the country, it said adding the arbitrary action of the
Tamil Nadu Assembly was an insult to free-thinking people
across the nation.
The attack on the press is a cause for concern for all
citizens of a country which believes in constitutional
guarantees, secularism and democratic principles.
Bureau Report